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LOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- LAPD officers saved a distraught man who was trying to kill himself by jumping off a downtown Los Angeles apartment building.
It happened Thursday around 6 p.m. on the roof of the 13-floor apartment building in the 100 block of W. 7th Street.
According to LAPD Lt. Paul Vernon, the man was biting the officer trying to hold on to him.
With the man's legs dangling off the side of the building, officers were able to handcuff the man to the railing.
Firefighters then cut the railing and removed it and the man from danger.
The man was not arrested but was hospitalized for evaluation.
Police say the man was distraught over a breakup with his girlfriend.
It happened Thursday around 6 p.m. on the roof of the 13-floor apartment building in the 100 block of W. 7th Street.
According to LAPD Lt. Paul Vernon, the man was biting the officer trying to hold on to him.
With the man's legs dangling off the side of the building, officers were able to handcuff the man to the railing.
Firefighters then cut the railing and removed it and the man from danger.
The man was not arrested but was hospitalized for evaluation.
Police say the man was distraught over a breakup with his girlfriend.
